Vest-protector.



No. 786,924. PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

" R, SPURGIN. I

V ST PROTECTOR.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 19%.

g No. 786,924.

UNITED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

ROBERT SPURGIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEST-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,924, dated April11, 1905.

Application filed January 26, 1903. Serial No. 140,551.

; To all whom, it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ROBERT SPURGIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago,

I in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

1 have invented a new and useful Vest-Protector, of which the followingis a specifica- 1 tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a new cloth vest-protectorhaving an inseparable binding and invisible permanent holders forattaching it to the pockets of a vest.

In the drawings accompanying, Figure 1 is a vest-protector; a, thebinding; 6 b, rivets;

c, cloth. Fig. 2 is the reverse or inner side of the vest protector; clcl, holders; (2 a, points of rivets; Fig. 3, a holder unattached; Fig.,4, a rivet; f, points.

My invention consists of a cloth vest-protector with an embedded bindingalong the j rubber, Fig. 1, embedded by pressure, during the process ofvulcanization, in the fabric. This binding serves the threefold purposeof i protecting the edge of the vest-protector from Wear, providing aneat unchanging finish,

- Fig. 2.

and affording a firmer substance than the cloth alone to which to securethe holders, The two holders, being out from thin, yet firm leather,preferably, or some other suitable substance, such as stiff pliablefelt, are attached one at each corner of the reverse of thevest-protector, Fig. 2, each being secured by two double-pointed rivets,Fig. 1 and Figs. 2 and-4f. These rivets are ystruck through both rubberand felt into the holders, the points, Fig. 45, being turned inward inthe operation in a manner to clench and remain fast in the holders, Fig.2. I

fact that only the cloth with its finishing and protective binding arein view when the vestprotector is worn, renderingthe article much lessconspicuous than those which require to be attached to the vest byhooks, rings, or pins, parts of which must always be in view, and thefurther fact that it avoids the objection to metallic holders orfasteners, which tend to injure the vest at the point of attachment,both commend this vest-protector to the users of such an article. Again,the holders being permanently attached to the cloth cannot be lost ormisplaced, as in the case of detachable hooks, pins, or holders .of anykind, in such event partly, if not wholly, destroying the practicalutility of the article.

The superior merits of an embedded binding consist in the fact thatbeing neither stitched, glued, or otherwise merely attached to thesurface of the fabric it is practically inseparable by wear or anyordinary usage.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

-A cloth vest-protector having along its upper border, onits front side,an embedded, flexible binding and provided on its reverse side, at theupper corners, with two permanently-attached holders, substantially asdescribed and shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT SPURGIN.

Witnesses:

. F. R. BARTSOH, H. A. BAR'rsoH.

